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$282M Hardware Wallet Social Engineering Attack - A sophisticated scammer tricked a victim into revealing hardware wallet access on January 10, 2026, stealing 2.05M LTC and 1,459 BTC valued at $282M total. The attacker converted funds to Monero via instant exchanges (causing XMR's price spike) and bridged BTC to Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin via Thorchain. Reported by ZachXBT on January 16, 2026 at 17:18 UTC, this represents one of the largest social engineering crypto heists with funds partially laundered.
Trust Wallet Security Warning - Trust Wallet issued a critical security alert on January 17, 2026, warning users that it never requests mnemonic phrases or private keys—any such requests are scams. The alert follows a vulnerability discovered in browser extension version 2.68 (December 2025 incident) that resulted in $7-8.5 million stolen from approximately 2,596-5,000 affected users through a supply-chain attack involving malicious domain and API key compromise. Trust Wallet urged users to stop transactions, update to v2.69, and contact official channels. Binance CEO CZ pledged full compensation for victims.